JP Nadda attacks Kerala's Left govt over Hema Committee Report

Union health minister and BJP national president JP Nadda on Sunday attacked Kerala chief minister Pinari Vijayan over the Justice Hema committee report and asked why justice is delayed to the victims of the sexual harassment in the Malayalam film industry.

Nadda also alleged that the committee report had specifically mentioned the involvement of several Communist party leaders in the alleged scandal.

Nadda is in Kerala to attend a three-day coordination meeting organised by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).


In an interaction with prominent figures from various sectors here, Nadda asked: "Why delay in justice to the Hema Committee report? What is stopping them (the Kerala government)? What is haunting you? Because you are part and parcel of that... it is something you want to hide because your people are involved." "I am very sorry to say that the Hema Committee report very specifically said that Communist party leaders are involved. The chief minister should come out and tell us what really happened," Nadda said.

Headed by a former judge of the Kerala High Court and set up by the state government in 2017, the Hema Committee report contains details of sexual harassment, exploitation, and ill-treatment of women in the Kerala film industry. Nadda also accused the Left government of being slow to react even after getting warnings of adverse weather conditions in Wayanad, where massive landslides devastated Punchirimattam, Chooralmala and Mundakkai villages under the Meppadi panchayat.